1 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: By Billy Cunningham, the great American. Of course, this is 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: election today, election afternoon. Yours truly intends on voting about 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: three to four clock. Not much on the ballot, but 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: I will do my constitutional duty to vote, joining you 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: and I alyist and man in charge of elections in 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 1: the state of Ohio, Frank LaRose, the second cousin of 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: Buddy L. Rosa. Franklrosa, Welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show. 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: And as we sit here early on Tuesday afternoon, any problems, 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: any difficulties, how are we looking? 10 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: But it's an important election. Not everybody necessarily is paying 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: attention to that, but these are votes that can have 12 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: a big impact on your community, quality of life and 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: that kind of thing. And so you should get out 14 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 2: and make your voice heard. You're not going to impact 15 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: any lines or that kind of thing. You'll get a 16 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 2: sticker on your way out the door. Here's another thing, Willie. 17 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: I run into people that say I'm not going to 18 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: vote in this local election because I don't know enough 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: I don't want to guess, right, Okay, that's not a 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: good excuse. You go to our website vote Ohio dot gov. 21 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 2: You can cheat on the test, you can look at 22 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: exactly what's going to be on your ballot. This is 23 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: what Lauren and I did last night. We put the 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: kids to bed. I printed off what's called the sample ballot, 25 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,639 Speaker 2: where we saw exactly what's going to be on our ballot. 26 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 2: And we sat there as a couple and we talked 27 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 2: about our choices, and now we're ready to go and 28 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: well informed and we know what we're doing. 29 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: That makes no sense at all, because I often say 30 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: that if you wake up on Tuesday this morning, and 31 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: you say, is the election this Tuesday or next Tuesday? 32 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: Or has the election already taken place? In other words, 33 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: shall I use the term ill informed? And I know 34 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: the media says you got to vote, you got No, 35 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: you don't have to vote if you don't know what 36 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: you're voting for, if you don't know what the issues are, 37 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: if you don't know the pros and cons of each issue. 38 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: Don't waste your time and cancel the ballot of someone 39 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: who's informed. Do you agree or not? 40 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: I think if you do a little bit of research, 41 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 2: you can cast an informed vote. And give you an example, 42 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: I didn't know which can candidates for city council where 43 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 2: the Conservatives who share my values, because I didn't follow 44 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: that all that closely, but I did a little bit 45 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 2: of research. I saw which ones were endorsed by the 46 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 2: County Republican Party, which ones had taken stances that align 47 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: with the things I care about, And now I'm an 48 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: informed voter. And so you know, I think that with 49 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 2: a few minutes of effort, a little bit of googling, 50 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: a little bit of checking their own website or what 51 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: the newspaper's candidate guide says, or whatever else, you can 52 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: be an informed voter. And it's worth doing because these 53 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: elections come down to a small margin. In many cases, 54 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 2: local elections can often come down to just a handful 55 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: of votes. Heck, we have tie votes every year somewhere 56 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: in the state that have to be determined by a 57 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 2: coin flip. Don't be that person that wakes up on 58 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: Wednesday morning and realizes that a Bolshevik has just been 59 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: elected to your school board because you didn't bother to 60 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: go vote and it was determined by a single vote. 61 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: That's that's critical. I don't care how busy you are. 62 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: You can go online today's world, you can do it. 63 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: Twenty years ago, you couldn't do it if you look 64 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: up twenty years ago and said, who's running? I don't know. 65 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: How do you find? Well, I don't know. But today 66 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: the Encyclopedia Britannica, all the information in the world is 67 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: on my right home. I left it in my hand. 68 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: And if you don't take it ten minutes to find 69 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: out who I'm voting for, we get the government we deserve. 70 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: And that worries me too. 71 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 2: Man. Well, consider this. It's a kind of a tale 72 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 2: of two different years. If you look at the even 73 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 2: number years twenty twenty, twenty twenty two, twenty twenty four, 74 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: it's been absolutely record breaking turnout. So this nonsense where 75 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 2: the liberals say, I want to suppress the vote. If 76 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: that's my objective, I'm really bad at it. We don't 77 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 2: want to suppress anything. We've had massive turnouts in those 78 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 2: even number years. But then you go one year later 79 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: to a year like twenty twenty five and it may 80 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: be single digits or low double digits. That's a shame 81 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: because it matters who lives in the White House. We 82 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 2: all know that. But what probably matters just as much, 83 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 2: maybe more, who works at the courthouse or the schoolhouse 84 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 2: or city hall. When it comes to your quality of life, 85 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 2: the safety of your community. Heck, the schools that our 86 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,839 Speaker 2: children are being educated in. This year is the year 87 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 2: we make those decisions, and you've got to make your 88 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 2: voice heard. 89 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: Frank LeRose, you're making sense. I live in a community 90 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: that's safe and sound with good schools. However, we have 91 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: a race for the Sycamore Township trustees. We have a 92 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: school board race inding Hill school boards. There's one or 93 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: two school issues. I want to pump up as much 94 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: as I can in Deer Park Community schools for what 95 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: they've done. And so all politics is local. It may 96 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: be great if things are good or bad in New 97 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: York City, but damn it. I live in Sycamore Township. 98 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: I live in Kenwood, and I want my community where 99 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: I live to be the best. And the off year 100 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: elections is when we decide those things. Correct. 101 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: Every single election here, I give you a prediction. I 102 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: can tell you who's going to win today. In any race, 103 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 2: it's the candidate who gets more of their supporters to 104 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 2: go out to the polls Barnett. It's always going to 105 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 2: be that way. And so whether you live in a 106 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 2: city that Leans Republican or Leans Democrat, there's no such 107 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: thing as a long shot race in a local election, 108 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: if people just bother to show up. 109 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: What percent, Frank Lerosa, you're in charge of elections about, 110 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: give me your crystal ball prediction in the state of 111 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: Ohio overall? What percent of Ohio? When's you going to 112 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: vote today? If anyone you know. 113 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 2: Here's why it's really hard to tell, because it's so localized. 114 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 2: You may have one community where there's a really hot 115 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 2: race for mayor, or people are all hyped up about 116 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 2: the school board race or the levy or whatever else, 117 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 2: and you may have massive turnout. The next town over 118 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 2: it may be a complete sleeper and people aren't really 119 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 2: all that engaged. So it's hard to tell. I can 120 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 2: tell you what we've seen already for early voting, about 121 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,119 Speaker 2: four hundred thousand. In fact, the number is three hundred 122 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 2: and ninety nine nine and eighteen. That's how many people 123 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 2: participated in early voting. We know that right there in 124 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 2: Hamilton County we've had a decent turnout through early voting 125 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 2: as well. It was the number of early voting ballots 126 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: count counted nineteen two hundred and twenty nine. That's how 127 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 2: many people voted early in Hamilton County. But we also 128 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 2: know there's a lot of outstanding absentee ballots. What does 129 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: that mean about fifty thousand people throughout the state that 130 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 2: have requested their absente ballot and haven't returned it yet. 131 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: And so if you're that guy that has your absentee 132 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 2: ballots sitting on your kitchen table or sitting on the 133 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: dashboard of your car, it's too late to mail it. 134 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: You can't take it to your voting location at this point. 135 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 2: You got to get it down to your county Board 136 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 2: of Elections by seven thirty ten, and it's worth it. 137 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 2: Take a drive down to your county Board of Elections 138 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 2: and submit that ballot so that again you can make 139 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 2: sure your voice is heard. 140 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 1: Frank LeRose your deal with a facts ideal with hyperbole. 141 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Let's say there's twelve million people who live in the 142 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: state of Ohio. It is not approximately correct, approximately approximately. 143 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: I want to hold you do this. How many adults 144 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: eighteen and over eleve in the state of Ohio? Is 145 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: it nine million? Three million kids in school? 146 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 2: Well near eight point eight point something. Because I know 147 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 2: the eligible population of voters in Ohio, we're already at 148 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 2: like ninety three ninety four percent of them that are 149 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 2: registered to vote, and we have seven point eight million 150 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 2: registered voters, so the total number of eligible adults over 151 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 2: eighteen who are US citizens has to be in the 152 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: low eighth. 153 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: So let's say there's eight million people that could vote, 154 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: and of that number, about seven point five million or register, 155 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: which is fantastic. And then as far as the turnout, 156 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: I talk about Hamilton County or the city of Cincinnati, 157 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: we got major problems. You may know this if down 158 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: the road you become a senator or a congressman, or 159 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: a governor or the president, you're gonna have to deal 160 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: with the city of Cincinnati, which is a complete meltdown. 161 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: And I'm told by Sherry Polland at the Board of 162 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: Elections that the turnout this year may be as high 163 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: as twenty five percent, And so that means that thirteen 164 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: percent of the registered voters are going to decide the 165 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: outcome of this election. That means eighty seven percent or not. 166 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: What do you think about that? 167 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: I think that it's problematic. And again, I think part 168 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 2: of this is that if you flip on your TV 169 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: or you go to your favorite social media account, you're 170 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: going to see all kinds of chatter about every single 171 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 2: damn thing that happens in Washington, DC. We seem to 172 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 2: be focused on federal issues. I get why they're impactful, 173 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 2: and people lose track of how important local offices are. 174 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: Local government is. And again look at our beloved Queen City. 175 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 2: And again I think you know this. I know and 176 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: love Cincinnati very well. My dad went to UC. I've 177 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 2: spent a lot of time down there. I was just 178 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 2: down there knocking on doors for Corey Bowman last weekend 179 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 2: because I think he's the right man for the job. 180 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 2: Who's finally going to turn this great American city around 181 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 2: and let it be what it was always meant to be, 182 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: and that is a thriving place where families can live 183 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 2: and work and raise a family. It's not that right now, 184 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 2: but you know, we need more people to actually get 185 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: out and make their voices heard. There are more Republicans 186 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 2: in Hamilton County than almost any other county in the state. 187 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 2: The problem is they're outnumbered. If they actually bother to 188 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: go up and vote today, they could flip the Natty. 189 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 2: It's a very real possibility that we could put a 190 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 2: Republican in office in the mayor's office in the city 191 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 2: of Cincinnati. What a tremendous thing that would be. 192 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: Now, secondly, we have a situation. You were on the 193 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: reapportionment board. You were one of the seven to carve 194 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: up the districts. Can you put a period on the 195 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: sentence goes to Democrats? And the Republicans agreed to carve 196 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: up the congressional districts. Number one of my correct and 197 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: number two. What was the goal? 198 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, So there was a unanimous and bipartisan vote on 199 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 2: this in the Redistricting Commission. And I think that when 200 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 2: you have a vote like that, both sides are going 201 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 2: to have something they like something they don't like about it. 202 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 2: I don't think anybody loves the process or the way 203 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 2: that the process plays out, but it was at least 204 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 2: a result of consensus building and compromising that kind of thing. 205 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 2: Here's the bottom line. My goal was to go in 206 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 2: there and make sure that first of all, we complied 207 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 2: with the Constitution. We did that. Second of all, that 208 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 2: we create districts that relatively mirror the political leanings of 209 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: the state of Ohio. And again I believe that we 210 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 2: did that. And then third, putting on my hat as 211 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 2: a Republican, I want to make sure that I'm not 212 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 2: putting my party in a disadvantage or candidly want to 213 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 2: put my party in an advantageous position on this, and 214 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 2: so let's be candid about this. What we ended up 215 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 2: with was a map that creates twelve Republican districts and 216 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: three Democratic districts. Twelve Republican districts and three Democratic districts. 217 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 2: The current state in Ohio is ten Republican districts and 218 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 2: five Democratic districts. And the challenge that we faced was 219 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: that if the legislature had drawn different maps, maybe that 220 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 2: created thirteen Republican districts instead of twelve, it would have 221 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 2: certainly been subject to a referendum. The Ohio Constitution is 222 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 2: very clear that the moment the leftist dark money groups 223 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 2: gathered two hundred signatures, it would freeze the implementation of 224 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 2: the current maps. It would require us to run the 225 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 2: twenty twenty sixth election on the old maps back to 226 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 2: ten to five, and most likely trigger us having to 227 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 2: run in August special election for congressional primaries. All kinds 228 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 2: of chaos, all kinds of bad things, something that was 229 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 2: to be avoided. 230 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: And I look at Greg Lansman's district that appears to 231 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: be like a plus six Republican. But I look at 232 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: some of the recent voting in that district that's very close. 233 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 1: Whoever you Republicans pick for that district to run against 234 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: Greg Lansman going to have to be pretty damn good. 235 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: He's a good politician, and it's going to be a 236 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 1: close race, et cetera. I would add one other thing. 237 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 2: Man, candidates matter, Party chairs matter. State center is a 238 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 2: great woman named Diane Cunningham that's on our state Central Committee. 239 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 2: That'll be involved in that conversation, by the way, But 240 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 2: finding the right candidate matters, and the party's job is 241 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: to find the right candidate, and that's something has to 242 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: happen over the next couple months. 243 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: You know the media complaining about this. Oh I ask 244 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: you the question, you may know the answer. There's about 245 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: six New England states, that being, if my geography is correct, 246 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,479 Speaker 1: you got Maine, you got Vermont, you have New Hampshire, 247 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: you have Massachusetts, you have Connecticut, you got Rhode Island. 248 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: And in those states they're a little bit smaller than 249 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: the state of California population wise, those six states how many. 250 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: And those six states voted forty percent for Donald Trump. 251 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: So you would think about forty percent of the congressional 252 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: districts would be Republican. How many Republican congressmen or congresswomen 253 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: are there in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and 254 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 1: Rhode Island. Can you, Franklerosa, can you give me a 255 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,079 Speaker 1: round number? How many? 256 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 2: Yeah? The round number is zero. And it's because of 257 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 2: Democratic jerryman And by the way, when the Democrats do it, 258 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 2: it doesn't get called out. When the Republicans do it, 259 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 2: every reporter, every leftist journalist in the state, in the 260 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 2: country wants to talk about. Here's the other thing that happens. 261 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 2: Willy city council wards get redistricted by Democratic city councils 262 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: in counties that have a county council form of government, 263 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 2: like where I grew up in Summit County, in Cuyahoga County, 264 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: they redraw the county council districts. They jerrymander the heck 265 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 2: out of that to create a situation where it's darn 266 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: near impossible for a Republican to get elected to city council. 267 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 2: No problem to the county council, and nobody ever says 268 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 2: a word of it. No problem. 269 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, Illinois seventeen districts, fifteen Democrats, two Republicans, and that's 270 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: okay with the media, no problem. We go from there. 271 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: But today's going to be a day become informed, then 272 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: go vote. Any difficulties at polling places, I know New Jersey. 273 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 1: I was on a station this morning, wond and New 274 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: Jersey and they were having they were having bomb threats 275 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: called in and which is stupid. Is there any problem 276 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: with voting in the state of Ohio at this point? 277 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 2: Nothing systemic. We've had the small things here and there, 278 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 2: a power outage or you know that kind of thing, 279 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 2: but nothing systemic or widespread. Of course, our operations team 280 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 2: is ready to jump on it if there is. And 281 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 2: by the way, if you see anything that's not right 282 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 2: at your polling location, the first thing you should do 283 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 2: is talk to that voting location manager. They are there 284 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 2: to do that job and they'll correct it under most scenarios. 285 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 2: But we've also got a report line. You can text 286 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 2: the word report to three four two six two three 287 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 2: four two sixty two. You text report and then we'll 288 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 2: be on top of it from the Ohio Secretary State's Office. 289 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 2: You can also message us on our website. 290 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: Lastly, give the website of ill informed voters want to 291 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: become more informed and not be a member of the 292 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: borg simply a bust to a pole to vote with 293 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: a whe a blue or a red ballot. Can you 294 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: tell me again the website that we need to go 295 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: to to become a little bit more informed? 296 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 2: Vote Ohio dot gov. That's your place for the right 297 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 2: kind of ID. What to bring you know for your ID, 298 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 2: what polling location to go to, what's going to be 299 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 2: on your ballot? Really anything you need to be an 300 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 2: informed voter anywhere in the state of Ohio. Vote Ohio. 301 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 2: Go all right? 302 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: Frank learose three four seven tastes so good, you got 303 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: to get it bad once again. Thanks for coming on 304 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: the Bill Cunningham Show. You can Jerry Manner for political reasons. 305 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: You cannot Jerry Manner for racial reasons. And the reason 306 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: many of the Democrats are enraged. I want to use 307 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: African American people and voters as an excuse to throw 308 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: out the ballots when they do exactly the same thing. 309 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: But Jared mannering for political reasons is good according to 310 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: US Supreme Court, Jared Manning for racial reasons is bad, 311 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: which did not happen in Ohio jerry mandered so to 312 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: speak for shall I say political reasons and not racial reasons. 313 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: Frank LaRose, you're a great American. Thanks for coming on 314 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: the Bill Cunningham Show. 315 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 2: Thank you. Thanks Willy, get out and vote. 316 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: God bless America. Thank you, Frank. Let's continue with more 317 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: the line becomes available five one to three, seven four nine, 318 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: seven thousand. I'll say once again that if you're what 319 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: is it about twelve twenty two in the afternoon on Tuesday, 320 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: if you're ill informed, you won't take ten to go 321 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: online in order to find out what the issues are. 322 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: If you have no clue who's running and don't know 323 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: what they stand for, and you're politically a dumb ass, 324 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: don't vote because you canceled the ballot of someone who 325 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: took the time to become informed. The only way a 326 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: democratic republic works is to have informed voters willing to 327 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: make changes when things are going the wrong direction. And 328 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: if you simply are given a ballot slapped in your 329 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: hand vote for these candidates, then you're stupid and don't vote. 330 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: And bright people can be stupid about any issue. Hell, 331 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: I'm stupid about a bunch of stuff. I'm not stupid 332 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: about politics. Other issues, I'm very stupid. So if you're 333 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: ill informed and you're a dumbass on politics, don't vote. 334 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: Bill Cunningham News Radio seven hundred W